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An aerial view of LSU's campus.

Potential budget cuts could strip University funds

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas January 29, 2015

With talk of dark clouds and uncertainty looming over the state’s higher education budget, one thing is certain: The University is running out of fat. With budget cuts of the expected magnitude,...

Graduate Certificates subject to approval

By Carrie Grace Henderson January 28, 2015

Though the LSU Board of Supervisors’ January meeting has already made headlines over its upcoming decision to approve new coaching contracts, the meeting is set to have big implications for the academic...

LSU Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Stuart Bell speaks during the Student Tech Fee meeting Thursday, January 23, 2014 in Thomas Boyd Hall.

University set to launch “Power Players” energy campaign

January 27, 2015

University studies in energy-related fields sparked the creation of LSU Power Players — a new campaign set to kick off this semester. The initiative will focus on conveying the University’s...

Submissions in The Southern Review's office awaiting evaluation and approval on Jan. 26, 2015 in Johnson Hall.

Potential Literary tour looks into campus history and impact on literary world

January 27, 2015

Locations like Tiger Stadium, Middleton Library, Allen Hall and Chimes Street played a part in the written works of University authors, including Robert Penn Warren, Jean Stafford and John Ed Bradley,...

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope calls the meeting to order April 17, 2013, in the Capital Chamber of the Student Union.

Faculty Senate approves resolution expressing discontent with Jindal’s prayer rally

By Carrie Grace Henderson January 22, 2015

Two days before Gov. Bobby Jindal’s “The Response” prayer rally, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution 15-01 expressing displeasure with the event. The event has drawn criticism from...

Mary Manhein, author of Bone Remains, signs her books at LSU Press Holiday Book Sale at the Faculty Club, November 21, 2014.

FACES Lab director Mary Manhein to retire

January 21, 2015

Though the famed “Bone Lady” is retiring, she hopes to dig out new ground for her career as a fiction writer. Mary Manhein, director of the FACES Laboratory at the University, is retiring April...

LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander

LSU President F. King Alexander backs federal ratings to evaluate affordability

January 21, 2015

Incoming students may find a new resource available for information about the value of a University education. During his college affordability bus tour in August, President Barack Obama announced a plan...

La. Department of Education, University partner on special education initiative

January 20, 2015

The Louisiana Department of Education is joining forces with the LSU Human Development Center in New Orleans to train educators and develop more efficient ways for teaching students in special education...

Student Government and Facility Services make plans to build tables commemorating are putting tables in the grove that is a memorial to fallen WWI soldiers.

Memorial Oak Grove to receive new picnic tables outside Student Union

January 15, 2015

Eight new picnic tables may appear in the Memorial Oak Grove this spring. The grove, located south of the Student Union, was dedicated in 1926 to 30 fallen soldiers, including one oak devoted to the unknown...

Junior finance major Daniel Huemann poses on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, for a picture taken by Tigercard office worker and student Jennifer Preau in front of the new passport station.

Student union offers passports

January 15, 2015

Student Union regulars might have noticed something different Thursday in the Tiger Card Office — something LSU President F. King Alexander has been planning for quite some time. The Tiger Card Office...

Students studyn Tuesday, March 25, 2014, on computers on the second floor of Middleton Library. After finals this semester, the second floor computer lab will be shut down.

Middleton computer lab reopens

January 15, 2015

Students looking to use a desktop computer on campus now have 85 more to choose from on the second floor of the Middleton Library. The computer lab in room 241 has re-opened and is stocked with PCs and...

Results of tobacco policy unclear

January 15, 2015

The University’s tobacco-free policy has been in place for a full semester, but its effectiveness is still up for debate. Mass communication professor and tobacco policy committee leader Judith Sylvester...